Shatner Would Like To Appear In 'Star Trek XI'

[Vic 17]

In two recent appearances, the Captain Kirk actor said he would love to be called about the upcoming film.

 

By Michelle

August 16, 2006 - 6:01 PM

Two new reports claim that William Shatner has heard that Matt Damon may play Captain Kirk in J.J. Abrams' planned eleventh Star Trek feature film and quote Shatner as saying that he would like to be involved himself.

 

In an article in The Toronto Star on Shatner's new Kirk novel, Captain's Glory, which finds Kirk and Picard fighting on opposite sides of a Federation-wide battle, Shatner said of the upcoming movie, "I'd heard a rumour that Matt Damon was signed [to play Kirk], but we don't know if he is signed. I know nothing."

 

Nor did Shatner know whether it was true that the Abrams film will center on Kirk and Spock in their youth: "I don't know about that." But if Abrams were to ask Shatner to be involved, the actor quickly said, "Oh yeah...I would love to do it."

 

CinemaBlend reported that Shatner had made similar comments on the TV entertainment show Extra last weekend. "Of course, the fact that he's sitting there waiting to be asked probably means fairly definitely that the great Shat doesn't figure into Abrams' franchise jump-starting plans. Still, can't he get a cameo?" wondered CinemaBlend's Josh Tyler.

 

Shatner said that he wrote the new book in part because he could not let the 40th anniversary of Star Trek pass without marking it somehow. "With the ending, the cancellation of the last television series, the audience for Star Trek has taken a step backwards," Shatner told The Toronto Star. "I prefer to use that analogy rather than say the audience is dying because I think people are waiting for the next Star Trek entity."

 

Shatner had expressed interest in reprising Kirk on Star Trek: Enterprise before that series' cancellation, but negotiations reportedly broke down because Shatner's salary demands were higher than UPN was willing to pay (story).

 

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[Kor37 9]

If the storyline is indeed as rumoured, Shatner should definitely get a cameo in the film. It would be the classy thing to do.

[Odo 0]

Let it go bill

[Kor37 9]

Everytime they turn an old TV show into a movie with new actors, they usually always give the original actor a cameo. Just recently in the new Superman movie, they gave cameos to the original Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane. I don't think its out of line to give Shatner a cameo if they recast the roles.

[MrPsychic 1]

Hey, Shatner could see this as another check in the mail for him

[Kor37 9]

Hey, Shatner could see this as another check in the mail for him

 

 

KA-CHING KA-CHING.....

[Data 0]

Doesn't Bill have enough to do with his guest spots in Boston Legal? He could write another Tek Wars book. Is that what the series is called?

[Kor37 9]

Doesn't Bill have enough to do with his guest spots in Boston Legal? He could write another Tek Wars book. Is that what the series is called?

 

 

Guest spots? You must not watch the show. Shatner is the star of the show.

[Data 0]

No, I don't watch it. I just know he won an emmy for his role. I really thought it was a guest spot. I stand corrected.

[Kor37 9]

No, I don't watch it. I just know he won an emmy for his role. I really thought it was a guest spot. I stand corrected.

 

 

You should try to catch the show. Its one of the best on television. Its got a star studded cast which (besides Shatner) includes Candace Bergen, Rene Auber...er....ODO, James Spader and Betty White. Plus its full of really great Trek references.

[Data 0]

What time is it? I guess I don't watch it because I rarely watch network TV.

[Kor37 9]

What time is it? I guess I don't watch it because I rarely watch network TV.

 

 

Last season it was on Tuesday nights at 10 pm on ABC.

[Data 0]

Thank you, Kor. I will check it out this week.

[youbroughtheryouRiker 2]

Shatner could work as Captain Kirk's father, appearing in flashbacks, or maybe in the beginning of the film.